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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seriously? I definitely went to movies alone at that age

Don't make her be the dork whose mom Chaperones. No one will want to invite her next time[/quote]

This past summer, right before 8th grade started, a mom of a girl at DD's school texted me to ask if DD wanted to go see a movie with her DD.  I replied, "I don't know if DD's free - I'll text her and get back to you."  I texted DD who had nothing else to do so agreed, and I told the mom DD would meet her DD there.  She assured me she would drive DD home afterwards. I said, "Oh that's okay - it's still light out, so DD can walk home."

I got home from work and asked DD how the movie was. She said the mom STAYED. And SAT WITH THEM. And then tried to insist on driving DD home (we live less than a mile from the theatre, and DD walks further than that to get home from school). DD spent all of 7th grade going to the mall and movies and museums just with friends, no adults.

[b]DD hasn't wanted to have anything to do with this girl outside of school since.  She flat out said to me "If F's mom texts you about anything else, please say no. It doesn't matter what it is." Don't be that mom.[/quote][/b]

PP,

Your DD isn't very nice.   Did she like the girl's company?  Do  you think perhaps the girl wanted her mom to stay?  Why wouldn't your DD invite the girl to go to the movies with her?  That way they can see the movie by themselves.  It seems like she is punishing the girl without knowing the whole situation.

Personally, I think it is nice to once in a while go to the movies with your teens and their friends.  Not all the time but, once in a while.  I treat for dinner and snacks at the movies.  There are many ways to live life, pp and your dd is being unnecessarily mean.

I do think the girl should have contacted your DD as parents shouldn't make these types of plans but, that is another story.[/quote]

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